 | Charles Hodge - Religion - 1994 - 324 pages
...Christ. Let the church therefore prove their love and justify his boasting of them, vs. 23. 24. 1. Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia. Moreover (SŤ) marks the transition to a new subject. We do you to wit, (yv<op^o/xev,) 'we cause you... | |
 | Jean Calvin - Bible - 1996 - 424 pages
...to you the grace of God which hath been given in the churches of Macedonia; how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their...abounded unto the riches of their liberality. For according to their power, I bear witness, yea and beyond their power, they gave of their own accord,... | |
 | Elizabeth Whitney Crisci - Business & Economics - 1997 - 136 pages
...per week or even more? And let the pastor and church leaders lead by example! Remember what God said: "How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance...riches of their liberality. For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves; Praying us with much intreaty... | |
 | Stephen F. Olford - Religion - 1972 - 152 pages
...GIVING frer, brethren, we make known to yon the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded in the riches of their liberality. For I bear witness that according to their ability, yes, and beyond... | |
 | Dr. Paul Chappell - Religion - 2000 - 238 pages
...a letter to the Corinthians he boasts of their faithfulness to him and to God. He wrote, "Moveover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia [of which Thcssaloiiica was a part]; How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their... | |
 | John Phillips - Religion - 2002 - 324 pages
...by the neighboring churches in Macedonia. He tells them of the unstinted grace of the Macedonians: "Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia" (8:1). Paul had a burden. That burden was for the poor saints in Jerusalem. Every time Paul went to... | |
 | Missions, Irish - 1851 - 250 pages
...occasion of so fitting an application of the apostle's statement of " the grace of God bestowed upon the churches of Macedonia, how that, in a great trial...poverty, abounded unto the riches of their liberality." (2 Cor. viii., 1, 2.) " There is at this moment a demand for at least ten new schools, in so many several... | |
 | Ben Lunis - Religion - 2003 - 590 pages
...Generosity, even in adverse conditions, is encouraged: And now, brothers, we want you to know about the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; how that out of a great trial of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their extreme poverty abounded in... | |
 | Walter Curtis Lichfield - Bible - 2004 - 638 pages
...identifies true saints of God. Christ's ultimate sacrifices give the repentant eternal rewards. 1. Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; 2. How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded... | |
 | John L. Langston, John Langston Iii - Religion - 2004 - 218 pages
...actions. Paul gives testimony concerning the Macedonian churches and their understanding of God's grace. Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; 2 Cor 8:1 In this beginning verse we notice that Paul is desirous that the Corinthian believers and... | |
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